Category: Hand Plane How-tos

The Beast. A 36″ Wood Bodied Jointer Plane Build

Original Post, JULY 25, 2013 With a little motivation from Mos I decided to build the wooden jointer I’ve always wanted to build. I’m not sure why, […]

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Plane Restores, Expect the Unexpected – Randall and Cook, Albany NY – Wood Bodied Fore Plane

Repost from another site from 2014 Plane Restores, Expect the Unexpected – Randall and Cook, Albany NY – Wood Bodied Fore Plane I’ve gone through a […]

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How I remove the threaded rod from the frog for blade adjuster knob on a Hand Plane Video

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REFURBISHING AND TUNING HAND PLANES THE “WEBSTER METHOD”

The following is an outline (sorry a little cryptic) from a 2-part presentation I made recently on the Facebook page A Plane Life https://www.facebook.com/APlaneLife.us/ The two “informal” sessions are included in the posted videos. They are long, but if you have the patience I cover all of what is in this outline.

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Part 9 Final Sharpening of the Hand Plane Blade

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Part 8 Cleaning Up The Hand Plane Blade

Part 8 Cleaning Up The Hand Plane Blade. Part 8 of the https://www.timetestedtools.net series on hand plane restoration.

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Part 7 Here is How I flatten the sole of a Hand Plane

Part 7 Here is How I flatten the sole of a Hand Plane. Part 7 of the https://www.timetestedtools.net series on hand plane restoration.

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BENCH PLANE RESTORATION GUIDE. PART 3 – The video Series 1

This is the first parts of the BENCH PLANE RESTORATION GUIDE. PART 3 – The video Series 1. I’ve tried to break this into small bites. I hope the sections make sense, and you can revisit the parts as needed without sifting through a whole video to find a part of the plane you’re into.

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A Derusting Shoot-out

By Blair Kemp I thought i would do a quick shoot out for rust removal when scrubbing for light removal. This seems to be a […]

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Tuning time. What Vintage Hand Plane is Best?

The following quote was a post  made by Casey Benton on a Facebook conversation. I thought it would be good to add some thoughts and […]

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